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Commemoration of Saint Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, anointed priest of the Old Testament by his brother Moses with the holy oil and buried on Mount Hor.

At Vienne in Gallia Lugdunensis, France, Saint Martin, bishop.

In the monastery of Bebron also in Gallia Lugdunensis, Saint Domitien, abbot, who was the first to lead a hermitic life in this place and, after having gathered many to the service of God, always occupied in celestial things, left this world in advanced old age.

Near Reims in the territory of Neustria, in France, Saint Thierry, priest, disciple of the bishop Saint Remigius.

At Angoulême in Aquitaine, also in France, Saint Cybard, priest, who spent thirty-nine years in prison, intent only on prayer and teaching his disciples that “faith does not fear hunger”.

In Brittany in France, Saint Jaoua, bishop, who after a hermitic life succeeded Saint Paul of Léon.

In the monastery of Saint-Calais in the territory of Le Mans in France, Saint Carilef, abbot.

At London in England, Blesseds George Beesley and Montfort Scott, priests and martyrs, who, sentenced to death for their priesthood under Queen Elizabeth I, after cruel tortures came to the palm of martyrdom.

Also at London, Blessed Thomas Maxfield, priest and martyr, who, sentenced to death under King James I because he arrived in England as a priest, was tortured at Tyburn on a gallows crowned with flowers as a sign of mercy for him on the part of the faithful present.

the arm of the sea in front of Rochefort on the French coast, Blesseds Léonard Duverneuil, of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, and Pierre-Yrieix Labrouhe de Laborderie, canon of Clermont-Ferrand, priests and martyrs, who during the French revolution, held together on a prison ship because of their priesthood, died of wasted disease.

At Valletta on the island of Malta, Blessed Nazju Falzon, priest, who devoted himself to prayer and to the teaching of Christian doctrine, working zealously in assisting soldiers and sailors, so that they adhered to the Catholic faith before leaving for war.

At the village of Zhuhedian near Jeshui in the province of Hunan in China, Saint Zhang Huailu, martyr, who, during the persecution unleashed by the followers of the Boxer sect, while still a catechumen, spontaneously professed himself a Christian and, strengthened by the sign of the cross, merited to be baptised into Christ with one’s own blood.

At the village of Rancho de las Cruces in the territory of Guadalajara in Mexico, Saints Justino Orona Madrigal and Atilano Cruz Alvarado, priests and martyrs, killed together for the reign of Christ during the Mexican persecution.

Near Munich in Germany, Blessed Jan Nepomucen Chrzan, priest and martyr, who, of Polish nationality, in time of war in the Dachau detention camp, completed his martyrdom by defending the faith before his persecutors.